Sansan KBC Augusta
Tournament information
LocationItoshima, Fukuoka, Japan
Established1973
Course(s)Keya Golf Club
Par72
Length7,103 yards (6,495 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Kazuki Higa (2019)
To par−26 as above
Current champion
South Korea Song Young-han
Location Map
Keya GC is located in Japan
Keya GC
Keya GC
Location in Japan
Keya GC is located in Fukuoka Prefecture
Keya GC
Keya GC
Location in the Fukuoka Prefecture

The KBC Augusta is a professional golf tournament that is held in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The title sponsor is the Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting and it is held in August. Since its foundation in 1973, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour.

Since 1992, the KBC Augusta has been played at Keya Golf Club near Itoshima. Before then it was played at Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course) near Fukuoka until 1982 and then at Kyushu Shima Country Club near Itoshima between 1983 and 1991. The tournament scoring records are 262 (aggregate) and −26 (to par) set by Kazuki Higa in 2019.

The 2021 purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

Year(s) Host course Location
1992–present Keya Golf Club Itoshima, Fukuoka
1983–1991 Kyushu Shima Country Club Itoshima, Fukuoka
1973–1982 Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course) Fukuoka, Fukuoka

Winners

Year Winner Score To Par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Sansan KBC Augusta
2023 South Korea Song Young-han 271 −17 1 stroke Japan Ryutaro Nagano
2022 Japan Riki Kawamoto 272 −16 1 stroke South Korea Lee Sang-hee
2021 Zimbabwe Scott Vincent 271 −17 1 stroke Japan Ryo Ishikawa
RIZAP KBC Augusta
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Japan Kazuki Higa 262 −26 5 strokes Japan Rikuya Hoshino
2018 Japan Daijiro Izumida 274 −14 1 stroke South Korea Choi Ho-sung
2017 Japan Yuta Ikeda (3) 270 −18 3 strokes Japan Kunihiro Kamii
2016 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 273 −15 5 strokes New Zealand Michael Hendry
Australia Brad Kennedy
Japan Tadahiro Takayama
2015 Japan Yuta Ikeda (2) 268 −20 5 strokes Japan Koumei Oda
RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta
2014 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita 276 −12 Playoff China Liang Wenchong
Vana H Cup KBC Augusta
2013 South Korea Park Sung-joon 204[a] −12 2 strokes South Korea Hwang Jung-gon
2012 South Korea Kim Hyung-sung 270 −22 1 stroke Japan Akio Sadakata
2011 South Korea Bae Sang-moon 266 −22 2 strokes Japan Ryo Ishikawa
Japan Tomohiro Kondo
2010 Japan Hideto Tanihara 266 −22 1 stroke Japan Mitsuhiro Tateyama
2009 Japan Yuta Ikeda 267 −21 Playoff Japan Yasuharu Imano
2008 Japan Shintaro Kai 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Hidemasa Hoshino
KBC Augusta
2007 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto 269 −15 1 stroke Australia Steven Conran
Japan Koumei Oda
Under Armour KBC Augusta
2006 Japan Taichi Teshima 268 −16 1 stroke Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
2005 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (2) 264 −20 5 strokes Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
Japan Ryuichi Oda
Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta
2004 Australia Steven Conran 277 −7 1 stroke Japan Takashi Kamiyama
Japan Toru Taniguchi
2003 Japan Soushi Tajima 269 −19 4 strokes Fiji Dinesh Chand
Japan Hisayuki Sasaki
2002 Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara 209[a] −7 1 stroke Japan Shigemasa Higaki
Japan Katsunori Kuwabara
Japan Toshimasa Nakajima
United States Christian Peña
China Zhang Lianwei
2001 Japan Takenori Hiraishi 273 −15 Playoff Japan Shigemasa Higaki
Japan Hideki Kase
2000 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 270 −18 4 strokes Japan Shusaku Sugimoto
1999 Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 205[a] −11 1 stroke Japan Takao Nogami
1998 Japan Masashi Ozaki (4) 275 −13 4 strokes Japan Katsunori Kuwabara
1997 Japan Masashi Ozaki (3) 266 −22 12 strokes Japan Takaaki Fukuzawa
Japan Taichi Teshima
1996 Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −15 Playoff Japan Taichi Teshima
1995 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa 271 −17 1 stroke United States Todd Hamilton
Japan Tomohiro Maruyama
1994 United States Brian Watts 271 −17 2 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
Daiwa KBC Augusta
1993 Taiwan Chen Tze-chung 277 −11 Playoff Taiwan Lin Chie-hsiang
1992 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming (2) 276 −12 Playoff Australia Bradley Hughes
Japan Norikazu Kawakami
1991 United States Raymond Floyd 273 −15 1 stroke Philippines Frankie Miñoza
1990 Japan Masashi Ozaki 269 −19 10 strokes Taiwan Chen Tze-chung
1989 Japan Teruo Sugihara 281 −7 2 strokes Australia Graham Marsh
KBC Augusta
1988 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 276 −12 2 strokes Japan Hajime Meshiai
Japan Masashi Ozaki
Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1987 Japan Saburo Fujiki (2) 274 −14 2 strokes Japan Tateo Ozaki
1986 Japan Isao Aoki (3) 282 −6 1 stroke Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
Japan Masashi Ozaki
1985 Japan Hajime Meshiai 206[a] −10 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Eitaro Deguchi
Japan Masashi Ozaki
Japan Satsuki Takahashi
United States Fuzzy Zoeller
1984 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 275 −13 1 stroke Japan Kouichi Inoue
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 		[1]
1983 Japan Saburo Fujiki 273 −15
1982 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming 209[a] −7 1 stroke United States Hal Sutton [2]
1981 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 279 −9 Playoff Taiwan Chen Tze-chung
Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1980 Japan Isao Aoki (2) 137[b] −7 2 strokes Japan Hiroshi Tahara [3]
1979 Japan Masaji Kusakabe 240[c] −12 3 strokes Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung [4]
1978 Japan Kenichi Yamada 276 −12 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Shiro Kubo
United States Gene Littler
Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto 		[5]
1977 Australia Brian Jones 278 −10 Playoff Japan Akira Yabe
1976 Australia Graham Marsh 207[a] −9 Playoff Japan Haruo Yasuda
1975 Japan Shinsaku Maeda 278 −10 Playoff Japan Hiroshi Ishii
1974 Japan Tōru Nakamura 273 −15 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara [6]
1973 Japan Isao Aoki 266 −22 13 strokes Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto [7]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.
  3. ^ Shortened to 63 holes after a typhoon caused the final round to be cut to nine holes.

References

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 237, 476. ISBN 0862541247.
  2. ^ "Tze Ming wins by a stroke". The Straits Times. AP. 30 August 1982. p. 38. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 179, 395–396. ISBN 0862540054.
  4. ^ "Rains can't stop Kusakabe". The Times Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 27 Aug 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "12 under wins". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 29 August 1978. p. 30. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  6. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 255, 436–437. ISBN 0002119552.
  7. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 548–549. ISBN 0002119544.

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